Jan 10, 2014 | Wound Care Treatment for Non-Healing Wounds Imperative for Certain Demographics A puncture wound can take a long time to heal, and should be regularly examined. Non-healing wounds, especially those in diabetics, are something every patient...
Jan 09, 2014 | Wound Care From the MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions and How To Maximize Coding Accuracy For pressure ulcer treatment, wounds must be staged and assessed to determine the care needed for the patient. Bed bound residents are at risk for...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Paying for Care: An Overview of Copays, Co-Insurance and Deductibles Because insurance can be tricky to navigate, here is a brief overview of three insurance components that affect patients. Treatment for chronic wounds, diabetic supplies and...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care 3 Tricky Wound Terms Defined Technical terms used by clinicians may confuse individuals who have chronic wounds. Here are some common ones. Individuals who live with chronic wounds, often known...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Best Practices for Pediatric Burns It is important to inform both the child and the guardian about the proper care for a burn wound. Children are prone to touch things...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Deep Wounds: The Basics Puncture wounds are one form of a deep wound that cuts deeper than ¼ of an inch beneath the surface of the skin. While many...
Dec 26, 2013 | Wound Care Patient Guide to Surgical Wound Classification Surgical wound sites can be one of four different categorizations. Most clinicians will be fairly communicative in terms of letting you know what type of...
Dec 20, 2013 | Wound Care Three Often Overlooked Types of Chronic Wounds Compression garments may help heal chronic lower extremity wounds. Although chronic wounds are a side effect of many different diseases and certain disabilities, there are...
Dec 20, 2013 | Wound Care Collagen Dressing: The Basics Collagen dressings can help boost the production of human collagen at the wound site. Collagen dressings may be new to some patients, but they have...